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Printable Gift Bag Topper {Teacher Appreciation}

posted by cindylouh on April 12th, 2011 | teacher appreciation gifts |

Hi, I'm Mique from 30days. I live in the (mostly) sunny Los Angeles area with my husband and three cute kids. In addition to being a wife, momma and craft blogger, I co-own a handmade market, the Queen Bee Market in the San Diego area. Our next show is May 6-7th- come visit!
I adore Cindy and was thrilled when she asked me to guest post. Thanks for letting me share my little teacher gift topper here Cindy!

I found the saying for this idea from Cindy's teacher appreciation sayings post. Ready for the easiest teacher gift? Pick up your favorite pack of highlighters and a gift card to a teacher supply store (or anywhere you want). Print out the teacher gift topper. Have your child fill out the back. Adhere topper to the gift bag. And dooooone!

Supplies I used:
colorful lunch bag
highlighters
gift card
scissors
hole punch
twine
Teacher Gift Topper


Front of the topper


Back of the topper


Enjoy!

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Save Time And Spread The Teacher Love!

posted by cindylouh on April 12th, 2011 | teacher appreciation gifts |

Teacher Appreciation Week is coming in 3 Weeks! (May 2-6)

Are you ready?

Spread the love but don’t sweat the small stuff. Do you have parties planned, gifts bought and a creative ‘thank you’ in mind? Make your life (OR your room mom’s or teacher appreciation committee or anyone else’s) easier by pitching in and celebrating our kid’s teachers!

The best way to make the week a success is to have MORE… right?

  • More time
  • More parents helping spread the love
  • More APPRECIATION
  • And. LESS. Stress!

This is where VolunteerSpot comes in – it’s a must-have free online coordination tool that makes it easy for more parents to pitch in and help. Anyone can create online sign up sheets and then invite parents to volunteer their time or bring food or supplies. It’s easy to setup and request help – via email or a link on your Facebook page. Parents sign up with a few clicks and VolunteerSpot even sends out automated reminders, easy peasy. And best of all, it eliminates those annoying reply-all emails.

7 Simple Ideas To Get More Parents Involved in Teacher Appreciation Week (Spread the Love Further)!

  1. Organize a lunch break: Invite parents to sign up to bring lunch to your teacher each day during Teacher Appreciation Week.
  2. Set up a ‘Helping Hands’ schedule: In one hour increments scattered over the week, ask parents to sign up to help at recess, supervise lunch, read to the class, pitch-in at math stations and complete prep-work or grading so the teacher doesn’t need to bring work home.
  3. Bring Treats: Find out your teacher’s favorite coffee/soda/snack and take turns bringing ‘surprise’ daily pick-me-ups.
  4. Plan a faculty potluck: Create a breakfast or lunch potluck end-of-the-week party for all the staff. Parents sign up to bring food items, drinks, decorations and special desserts. It’s a great way to get busy and working parents involved because they can each drop-off one item with their children in the morning.
  5. Go Crafty. Bring in hand-made items by you and your kids. (Stay tuned this month to SkipToMyLou for great ideas!)
  6. Bring Love Notes and Flowers: Designate a day for kids to bring in special notes and a day for flowers. Each child brings in one small item making a collective bouquet of appreciation.
  7. Say Thank You: A sincerely written thank you note goes a long way to helping teachers feel appreciated.

We at VolunteerSpot are excited to take part in the SkipToMyLou Teacher Appreciation Ideas! We're looking forward to seeing all your favorite ideas and hope to see the fun ways you use VolunteerSpot's free online sign up sheets during Teacher Appreciation Week and beyond—you can also find us on Twitter or Facebook.

To keep the creative volunteer juices flowing remember VolunteerSpot for these fun Spring School Activities.

Save time signing up for other spring activities like: Little League, swim team, VBS and more!

Happy volunteering!! ~ Team VolunteerSpot

Don't miss any of the teacher appreciation ideas in the Top Blogs Teacher Appreciation Ideas Series. Each day amazing bloggers will be here at SkiptomyLou.org sharing some awesome ideas for Teacher Appreciation.


Made By You Monday {Teacher Appreciation}

posted by cindylouh on April 11th, 2011 | Made By You Mondays, teacher appreciation ideas |

    This is the Teacher Appreciation Ideas Edition of Made By You Monday. Please link up your teacher appreciation gift ideas.

    Please join us each day through the end of this month for awesome teacher appreciation ideas from some top bloggers!

  • Please link up only your own projects, and link to the specific post, not your blog home page. No Etsy shops or giveaways, please.
    • If you would like to participate you will need to paste the code below at the top or bottom of your post to show you are participating in Made By You Mondays!

    • Simply copy the code below in the box and paste where you can edit the html in your blog post.

    I hope you will join us over at the Memories In Motion Community at BlogFrog for some fun discussions!

Teacher Appreciation Week Ideas

posted by cindylouh on April 8th, 2011 | teacher appreciation, teacher appreciation ideas |

Starting next week, every day for the rest of April a fabulous blogger will be here sharing their clever ideas for Teacher Appreciation.  Please join us as we craft up ways to make teachers feel special! Don't forget this Monday's Made By You Linky Party is to share your  Teacher Appreciation gift ideas.

This last minute gift from last year is an easy way to show your teacher some love!
Whip these flower picks up and grab some flowers on the way to school and you are set to say thanks to a special teacher!

Download the PDF, edit to add your child's name and print on card-stock.

Editable Teacher Appreciation Flower Picks

Cut circles with a 2 inch scallop circle punch. Glue two back to back (pretty scrapbook paper can be used for the backs if you prefer) with a long wooded craft stick (or skewer) sandwiched in between.

Stick your pick into some beautiful flowers and brighten your teacher's day!

It is easy to appreciate your teacher  every day of teacher appreciation week with this daily appreciation gift idea.

Butter Pecan Cookies

posted by cindylouh on April 7th, 2011 | recipes |

For the past two weeks people have been coming into my shop and asking for vanilla butternut flavoring.

I mean a noticeable and really unusual amount of people. Finally I started asking what they are using it for. Every single person said the same thing--- cookies! One sweet customer gave me a copy of the recipe. These cookies have gone viral!


Butter Pecan Cookie Recipe

from Kathy Studebaker

1 - 8 oz package cream cheese (I used light), at room temperature

1 stick unsalted butter, at room temperature

1 egg, room temperature

1/4 tsp Vanilla Butternut LorAnn Flavoring

1 Butter Pecan Betty Crocker Cake Mix

1 package Heath Toffee Chips

3/4 cup pecans, toasted and coarsely chopped

1/2 pound powered sugar

With mixer mix cream cheese, butter, egg, and vanilla butternut oil until smooth and fluffy. Add in dry cake mix. Batter will be slightly stiff. With a spoon stir in toffee chips and cooled pecans. Roll into balls (I used a cookie scoop) about the size of a walnut. Roll balls in powdered sugar until coated. Chilling the dough will make them easier to roll into balls.

Bake at 350 degrees for 12 minutes. Cookies will appear soft. Let cool on sheet for about 5 minutes and the transfer to rack to completely cool. Store in airtight container.

I was curious to see if you could substitute butterscotch chips for the toffee chips. I divided the dough in half and added 3/4 cup toffee pieces to half and 3.4 cup butterscotch chips to the other half. They both were delicious.

I liked the ones with butterscotch, but my family loved the ones with toffee chips. They are soft, sweet and really delicious! I wish I could give you a bite...

My only complaint would be the amount of ingredients. They aren't as easy and budget friendly as chocolate chip cookies,  these super simple cake mix sugar cookies or these cake mix cookies we use to make the best ice cream sandwiches!

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